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November 16, 2016
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The Process of an Emergency Response

In March 2005, an explosion at the BP refinery in Texas City, Texas, killed 15 workers and injured 170. Kate Murray-Del Aguila, an industrial hygienist at BP, was assigned to work on the company’s response to the accident. Recalling the incident last...
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November 8, 2016
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Don’t Fret, Field Practitioners: You Are Not Alone

In the hustle and bustle of today’s work environment, many times it feels absolutely impossible to get everything done at the level we want it done. To describe the work of field consultants as “multitasking” seems like an understatement. You meet wi...
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October 12, 2016
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Bayesian Decision Analysis (BDA) Part 1: Flipping the Profession –“Normalizing” Statistical Analysis

This post is the fifth in a series on insights into exposure assessment as presented at AIHce 2016 in Baltimore, Md. References to specific products or services do not constitute endorsement by AIHA or The Synergist. “Core to our profession is the ab...
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October 5, 2016
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Sneak Peek at Next Year's Synergist

For editors, one of the pleasures of magazinework is that we’re always focusing a few months ahead. Here in northern Virginia the weather only recently started to resemble what you’d expect from autumn, but the Synergist staff is already knee-deep in...
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September 20, 2016
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Digital Synergist Series Takes Readers Around the World

One of the clear takeaways from The Synergist’s reader survey conducted earlier this year is that many readers want to see more coverage of international topics. In the new Synergist series “Pole to Pole,” industrial hygienists who have worked in cou...
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September 13, 2016
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Get the Lead Out: When Soap and Water Aren’t Enough

This post is the fourth in a series on insights into exposure assessment as presented at AIHce 2016 in Baltimore, Md. References to specific products or services do not constitute endorsement by AIHA or The Synergist. A recent NIOSH exposure assessme...
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September 6, 2016
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Finding Future-Forward Art

This post is the third in a series about the IH Professional Pathway program. Read the previous posts, “Transforming Perceptions” and “Creating Character.” Last we met, we’d figured out our scope and direction, sketched out our character ideas, and b...
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August 9, 2016
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An Error in Judgment: Improving Exposure Assessment

This post is the third in a series on insights into exposure assessment as presented at AIHce 2016 in Baltimore, Md. References to specific products or services do not constitute endorsement by AIHA or The Synergist. Some call it intuition, others c...
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August 2, 2016
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Creating Character

This post is the second in a series about the IH Professional Pathway program. Read the first post, “Transforming Perceptions.” You’ve sold the idea, but that’s the easy part. How do you bring this brainchild into the realm of reality? I knew early ...
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July 26, 2016
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An Excellent Barrier: Measuring Skin Health in Dermal Exposure

This post is the second in a series on insights into exposure assessment as presented at AIHce 2016 in Baltimore, Md. References to specific products or services do not constitute endorsement by AIHA or The Synergist. In the world of occupational ex...
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July 19, 2016
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Providing Life-Saving OHS Training to Workers in Bangladesh

The 2013 collapse of the Rana Plaza Building in Dhaka, Bangladesh thrust unsafe garment factory industry practices into the international spotlight, with a devastating 1,135 workers killed and 2,500 injured. In the face of this tragedy, many wonder...
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July 12, 2016
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Transforming Perceptions

I distinctly remember when the idea first popped into my mind. It was during the first all-staff meeting at my new employer, AIHA. I was only two weeks into my new position as a content specialist—hardly an expert on the association, its membership, ...
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